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Who do you see as the most influential person in the world today? Why? How about in YOUR life? Why? What is it about influential people that makes them affect others the way they do? Are these influential people positive or negative influences in your life? In a well-written paragraph, respond to the prompt using standard business English. Length should be about 100 words. Be specific. Write well! AND THEN, respond in 2-3 sentences to someone else’s post response.

What is your favorite Thanksgiving food? In a well-written, detailed, INTERESTING, imagery-laden paragraph, explain to your readers why this food is sooooo awesome. Then, read some of your fellow classmates’ postings and respond to at least 2 of their posts. Due date: Monday, November 21, 2016.

****Have you ever rebelled against something? First, explain the situation. Then, share your reasons for rebelling. Were you justified in rebelling? Were you successful?What did you learn from the experience?

English 4, 1st and 5th hours…

On www.wordpress.com, complete the following blog assignment for this Thursday, December 17, 2015:

Choose an article from www.newsela.com or www.theweek.com to read. Summarize the article EFFECTIVELY in as few words as possible (don’t forget the title, appropriately punctuated, and author). The idea is to be CONCISE, FOCUSED, and CLEAR (CLARITY); in other words, choose your words purposefully and allow your STYLE to be ACTIVE and engaging. Then, after summarizing the key points effectively, react/reflect/comment on the article and its message. Be sure to reflect on the article, not just the topic it reflects in general. Choose your words appropriately and effectively. Do not “blah-blah-blah” through your entry. Make it interesting to read and effective in presentation. Remember: your reader(s) may or may not be familiar with the topic or the article, so give them what they need in order for them to understand your reflection.

Length of response (as a whole): 250 words

Length of comment(s) on two other responses: minimum of 50 words each

Evaluation:

Conciseness and efficacy of language (word choice/style/voice)

Conventions (grammar/punctuation/sentence structure)

Sincerity of the response – Content (thought-provoking or “plain and boring”)

There are a lot of events that happen in our world outside of our own daily experiences. Sometimes, we think our community is the center of the university, and sometimes it truly is. However, knowing what’s going on in our world makes us better human beings, better conversationalists, better thinkers, and better writers. Here’s your task: Choose a national or world event (read the newspaper, watch the news, check out news feeds online). First, sum up the event in three to five well-written, thoughtful, unbiased, concise sentences so that your audience members will know what you are referencing. Then, reflect on that event. What is your opinion? How does it make you feel? What lasting impact will this event have on us or on our world? WHY IS IT NEWS-WORTHY? Why is it worth conversation? Remember: Your goal in the first part of this is to summarize objectively a national event so that all MAIN points have been identified (so that someone unfamiliar with the topic would understand it.) Then, your next objective is to share your views about the national event in a diplomatic, socially acceptable way that reflects how you feel without offending others or lowering the value of your comments by stooping to prejudice/bias, etc. Your reflection should be about 300-400 words (This assignment description is about 250 words.) Remember your audience, the occasion, and your purpose. (That is the rhetorical triangle.) Please remember that you are not just writing for your teacher, but for your classmates to see…use proper, accurate word choices and language.

Provide several suggestions (3-4) of modern-day, debatable, fresh topics that would be suitable for written persuasive essays as well as persuasive speeches. Take into consideration your classmates (audience) and the world around you (modern-day issues/fresh perspectives). Please also consider the need for evidence/support/resources that the writer/speaker would need to bolster the argument. Consider what types of first degree evidence and what types of second degree evidence could be used for support. Please do more than just “list” 3-4 topics. This blog should be written in “paragraph” form of length of approximately 75 words.

Tell me and your classmates about a favorite character from film, theater, or literature, with whom you’d like to have a “heart-to-heart.” What would you talk about? Be sure to be detailed, specific, and INTERESTING. Your goal in this post is to SHOW us, not TELL us.